Venturino Venturi Museum in Loro Ciuffenna

The house where the sculptor lived and worked is home to many of his pieces

Loro Ciuffenna

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 15

The Venturino Venturi Museum in Loro Ciuffenna is located in the former home of the sculptor Venturi, who born right here in this village in the Valdarno in 1918. The house that the artist built at the end of the 1960s today hosts his works, an Archive, photo library, media library and periodicals.

The works are on display in various rooms, notably the atelier, preserved exactly as it was when the sculptor worked there. Visitors can admire a set of bronze sculptures known as The Ancestors, the bronze Seated Woman and the original cement bust of the architect Giovanni Michelucci.

The museum also has a patio from which visitors can admire a view of the Ciuffenna creek and the old water mill that still operates today.

The unique name of Loro Ciuffena comes from the Latin word laurus (bay tree) and the name of the stream which runs through the town, Ciuffenna, mentioned for the first time in 1037 as Lofinne and derived from the Roman name Clufennius, of evident Etruscan origin. ...